Air-moistener for furnaces.



No. 872,330. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

. W. A. CUNNINGHAM.

AIR MOISTENER FOR FURNACES. APPLICATION FILED 110v. 10, 1905.

MT 5858: 1 3 j LLLL ; 2 NORA/[KS f Toallwhom it may concern:

- UNITED sh ns learner nnron WILLIAM A. CUNNINGHAM, OF WINQNA, MINNESOTA.

AI R-MOISTENER FOR FURNACES.

Bei't'known that I, WILLIAli A.- CUNNING- HAM,"&' citizen of the-United States, residing .fatflWinonagin the county of Winona and Stete'of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful 'Air Moistener for Furnaces, of which the following is 'a s ecificationh I My invention re ates'to certain new and useiul, mprovements-1n an moisteners for furnaces and has for its object to provide a .moistener' that is very simple and cheap in construction and one that can be attached 'to any furnace.

I -Anot her object of my invention is to: provid a moistenerthat is especially constructed so tha't it can 'beeattaehed to the hot air pipe leading rom the furnace so that the hot air will be moistened while passing through -t'o theroom.

further object of the inyention is to provide a box adapted to be attached to the hotair pipe of a'furna'ce provided with a frame arranged in the box carrying. linen ff strips which are ada '25 ted tobe kept moist by the water in the ox. 1 Withthese'objects in View, the invention consists of the novel featuresof construction,

' j combination and arrangement of arts, here- I view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

'inafter fully described and pointe out in the claims.

. A In the drawings forming a part of this s cification:-Figure 1 is a perspective view oi the moistener attached to the pipe. Fig. 2 isa peripective' View of the nioistener removed. line 3-3 oi Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa sectig al 5 is a detail View of the frame. Fig. G'is a section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5. .40

, the square metal box forming the body of Referring to the drawings, A, indicates "the rIIlOiSiZBIIGl, which is provided with a flgoi'ged opening A, on its top and flanged .o'p'enings A and A on its two opposite 41 sides, by means of which the hot airpipcs are connected. The opening Aflis formedvoval Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 10,1905. Serial No. 286.75%.

i 3 is a sectional View on the Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

and is adapted to be connected to the pipe leading from the iurnace. The box is also prov ded-with an opening on one of its sides provided with a hinged door A, by means of which-water can be placed in the box. Ar

ran-ed in the box, near the opening A are dup icate frames B, spaced apart by the bar B, and having wires B stretched across from top to bottom forming a back upon which the strips of linen B", areadapted to be secured, so that they.wi1l be held firmly in front of the hot air pipe leading from the furnace.

v From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided a moistener that can be attached to any hot air pipe and one .tl'iat will be very eil'ective in use.

In operation water is placed in the box and the linen will become saturated by capillary attraction and as the hot air frcrn ,the furnace strikes the damp cloth, the air will be moistened before it passes into the pi )cs leading into the rooms. I v F avin thus fully described my invention, what I Off]. Letters Patent is i In a moistener for hot air furnaces, the

combination with a box provided with im as new and desire to secure by arranged in front of the opening connected to the. pipe leading to the furnace, and strips of linen arranged over said frames and wires, and secured thereto, for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM A. CUNNINGHAM.

Witnesses:

GEO. BAUMGARTNER, R. M. CLEMENT. 

